The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London has confirmed a restructure that will involve its seven-strong contemporary team being replaced by a contemporary architecture, design and digital section.
The change means that five curatorial posts, all of which had a contemporary focus but without a named specialism, will be made redundant.
Four new specialist curatorial roles are to be created and will sit within the new section.
The contemporary team’s office administration role will also transfer to the new section, while a project manager role will move to the exhibitions department.
The new section will form part of the furniture, textiles and fashion department, and report to its head, Christopher Wilk.
A V&A spokeswoman said: “The team has been in place at the V&A for over 10 years and during this time has considerably raised the profile of contemporary design in our programme.
“We now want to build on its achievements by embedding our contemporary activities even further within the collections.”
The spokeswoman said the museum was committed to presenting two major contemporary exhibitions a year and two site-specific commissions, as well as continuing its monthly Friday Late programme.
A full-time post has been created to coordinate late-night events, with staff from the new contemporary section and across the V&A contributing to the programme.
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The change means that five curatorial posts, all of which had a contemporary focus but without a named specialism, will be made redundant.
Four new specialist curatorial roles are to be created and will sit within the new section.
The contemporary team’s office administration role will also transfer to the new section, while a project manager role will move to the exhibitions department.
The new section will form part of the furniture, textiles and fashion department, and report to its head, Christopher Wilk.
A V&A spokeswoman said: “The team has been in place at the V&A for over 10 years and during this time has considerably raised the profile of contemporary design in our programme.
“We now want to build on its achievements by embedding our contemporary activities even further within the collections.”
The spokeswoman said the museum was committed to presenting two major contemporary exhibitions a year and two site-specific commissions, as well as continuing its monthly Friday Late programme.
A full-time post has been created to coordinate late-night events, with staff from the new contemporary section and across the V&A contributing to the programme.
Read this month's Martin Roth profile
